The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-27

The Governor has appointed Willie G.
Preston Commissioner Of Deeds Tor Soten
Carolina at Kansas City, Mo.
Iron ore has been discovered in Clarendon
county, near the humber mill of j. A. Nc
Lure, on the Central railroad.
James Martin. who recently died in Edge
field county at the age of 81, was the last
survivor of the war of 1872 in that county.
The Southern Christian Adrocdte, now
published at Columbia, issued a Jubilee
number on June "a TO celebrate the rtneth
anniversary Of its establishment.
A new post Office has been established in
Edgefeld county to be called Payne's. 1t is
just across the river opposite Chappell's.
The postmaster is w. W. Adams.
W. II. Zimmerman has published letter
in the Edgefeid Chronicle IN which he
urges upon the farmers Of that county the
importance Of the establishment OF a county
agricultural fair.
The next regular meeting of the sinking
fund commission viii be held on the second
Tuesday in July, when the bids for the pur-
chase of the Owendaw and Wythwood
tracts of land win be considered.
A NJ Agnew, of the Turkey creek region.
is ploughing six milk cows and win make a
fine crop Last year he worked a poor
mule and one milk COW. He made enough
to do him and $500 extra which he applied
to debt.
Since the contract recently made by the
| Town Council Of Sumter with a New York
| house for the construction of water works
has collapsed, the Council intends advertis-
| ing in various Northern papers for bids for
construction of plant.
A large pond near Thomas Clayton's
store, at Buford's Bridge. the other day was
| found TO be full of dead catfish floating on
| the surface 1t is supposed that the intense
| heat of the day caused the death of the fish,
| as the water in the pond was very low.
| On June % the Railroad Commission ex-
| amined the Palmetto railroad from the
! North Carolina line to the Pee Dee river OPP
| posite Cheraw, distance of about ten miles.
| The commission found the road in excellent
| order and authorized its immediate opera
| ton.
A communication from Sumter in Co
| lumbia newspaper day or two ago an
| nounced thatAttorney General Earle intends
| to leave South Carolina very soon, and to
| settle in Birmingham, Ala. Col. Earle au-
| thorizes the statement that this is a very err
| roneous statement, that he has never enter
| tanned any idea whatever of leaving South
| Carolina
| Delegal Griffin, the negro who was con-
| victed Of murder at the recent term of the
| court at Beaufort and sentenced by Judge
| Hudson to be hanged on July s, has been
respited by the Governor until Aug. 10. A
| strong petition was sent the Governor, ask
| ing for Communication of the sentence. 1t
| is claimed that Griffin was too poor to EN-
| ploy counsel, and no trouble was taken to
! obtain his witnesses.
The Piedmont Baptist church at Bishop
! vile, in the upper part of Sumter county,
| was burned on Saturday night about II
o'clock. The entire building, including ali
| the church furniture, was consumed. The
| loss will amount TO about 81 200. 1t is very
/ certain that the fire was of incendiary
| origin, as there had been no fire about the
| place for several days. No clue to the per-
| petrators of the crime has been discovered.
Richard Graham, who at 7:13 on Sunday
| morning last released ten pigeons of the
| Washington Homing Club from the top of
| the agricultural building at Columbia has
| received a notice Of the arrival of eight of
| the number. The birds were prevented from
| entering Washington on Sunday evening by
| severe thunder storms, and roasted out OF
| the city, arriving at their home at z a. NJ.
Monday, making the trip and resting for a
night in less than twenty four hours.
At Anderson Napoleon Gaillard, an old
colored man, well known in the city, and
very highly respected by the white people
| not only for his good moral character, but
for his uncompromsing fidelity to his mas
ter during the war, died there week ago.
| Rebekah, his twin sister, said at his burial
that after one week she would follow him.
| Strange enough, yesterday, just one week
from the death of Napoleon, Rebekah died
The incident is very greatly exercising the
| superstitious colored people.
At Walhalla @. w. Satler, a Waterman
and j. K. Hunter, prominent citizen OF
| West Union, were arrested Tuesday night
and lodged in Jail. They are charged with
libel, which libel consisted in writing and
| circulating anonymous letters of the most
| villainous and vulgar character duplicating
| the best element, both male and female, in
West Union. The parties are also strongly
suspected of being connected with the burn
| ing on Monday night. Others are also sus-
pected as being connected with this infa.
nous proceeding. Developments are looked
for at any moment The town was closely
guarded Tuesday night.
The Camperdown Mills cotton warehouse
at Greenville was burned Tuesday night.
The building contained 1.034 bales on which
| there was $45,0 900 insurance, all in New
| England factory mutual companies. The
house was insured for 10000, which fully
covers the loss. This makes the aggregate
loss not less that $55, 900. In spite of the COM
! plete sweeping away of the seasons supply
Col. Hammett says he will be ready to start
up again in two or three days, having Sc
| cufeu Dy Telegraph lou OF 40U DaleS IN AT
lanta. The purchase was made at an adj
vantageous price, and is specially fortunate
as it removes the necessity of long-shut-
down. A very small part of the damaged
cotton will be available again.
Thursday morning J. L. Hamlin, OF
| Ahbeville, was shot and killed by A c. and
4 R. Norton at McNeirs saw mill, Parler's
station, on the Eutawville railroad. Hamlin
was hauling lumber, and being caught in
the rain went into his house to change his
clothes. There r. Norton and himself had
words, and Hamlin ordered him out, when
Norton drew pistol and shot him. A C.
Norton then ran and stabbed Hamlin with a
| large knife. Mr.. Wilson, who works at the
saw mill, went between them and narrowly
escaped being killed, as R. Norton shot a
| second time Then A. G. Norton turned to
his son, saying, do not shoot again,
Richardln They both hurried off, Norton,
pere, riding a mule. However, they are
now under arrest.
| At Bamberg r. NJ. Hays lost valuable
horse Monday evening through carelessness
A young man who had charge of the horse
rode into town and hitched it in a narrow
passage leading to the stables of T. J.
Counts. A short while afterward a negro
boy attempted to pass through the same
alley with wagon, and succeeded in doing